Vapor-bath cabinet.



No. GELEEN. Patented'Nov. 6, |900.

J. W. ZINKHANN.

VAPOR BATH CABINET.

(Application filed Mar. 10, 1900.) (N o M u d e l 2 Sheets-Shut' l.

No. BGLBQO. Patented Nov. 6, |900. J. W. ZINKHANN.

VAPOR BATH CABlNET.

(Application filed Mar. l0, 1900.) l'No Model.)

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irmgpm JonN w. ZINKHANN, or nvANs CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

VAPO R-' BATH CABIN ET.;

sEcIFloAcrIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,390, dated Novembere, 1900.

Application filed March 10, 1900. Serial No. 8.183. (No model.)

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ZINKHANN, of Evans City, in the county ofButler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vapor-Bath Cabinets; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecication. y

The object I have in view is to so construct a cabinet for vaporbaths asto combine the qualities of economy, rigidity, and simplicity andproduce a light portable cabinet that may be easily and quickly set upor dismantled, folded, and stored away within as small a space aspossible.

To these ends my invention consists, essentially, in constructing thecabinet of a series of articulated wire frames or sections, each of thevarious sections being formed of a single strand of suitable wire, theseveral sections or frames being so formed and united one to the otherthat even when the inclosing fabric is secured thereto the structure mayyet be either readily folded into small compass or set up in positionfor use.

My invention will be well understood from Vthe following descriptionwhen read in connection with the annexed drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, which indicate corresponding parts of thestructure.

Figure l is a perspective View of the completed structure unfolded andset up ready for use. Fig. 2 is a top plan View with cover removed. Fig.3 is an extended View of the frames, illustrating what I consider thepreferable way of forming these frames. Figs. 4 and 5 show slightvmodifications of the connections of the frames.

As shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, the frame is composed of ten sections A,A', B, B', C, C', D, D', E, and E'. 0f these only section A is acomplete framethat is, has top, bottom, and two side portions. All ofthe other sections have a top, bottom, and one side portion, but theopposite or open side of such frame or section is closed by the verticalside of the adjoining section to which its top and bottom pieces arehinged. For example, the top and bottom pieces of section B areconnected to the loithand side of section A and the top and bottomportions of section lt are hinged to the right-hand side of section A.Similarly the section E' is connected to section E, section A' tosection E', section B' to section A', section C' to section B', D to C',D to D', and C to D, as shown in Fig. 3. Both vertical side pieces ofsection A are provided with loops a b at their upper and lower ends,respectively, with which the upper-and lower members of sect-ions B andE are connected by bending their extremities into eyes c d, whichembrace the loops, as shown, forming loose hinge-joints which at sametime hold the sections in longitudinal alinement. The vertical membersof sections E E A' B' C' D D' are provided with similar loops c b, towhich the respectivelyadjoining sections are hinged in like manner, asindicated in the drawings. It will be noted that sections A A' are thetallest and are connected by interposed narrow sections E E'. The upperends of sections B B', respectively, slope away from sections A A', andthe upper ends of sections C C', respectively, slope away from thesections B B' when the cabinet is closed, sections C B forming theentrance to the cabinet and maybe provided with the interlocking bendsor hooks B2 O2, respectively, on their vertical meeting portions, asindicated in the drawings. The sections D D' are also narrow sectionsand unite sections() C'. Sections E E' form the back of the cabinet andsections D D' the front thereof. These short sections facilitate thefolding of the cabinet into small compass, and, in fact, the sections EE' constiture together but one collapsible section and so do sections DD'.

After the sections are all formed and united they may be extended andone side covered with a flexible fabric F, which may be readily fastenedto the vertical top and bottom runs of the sections without interferingwith the folding of the cabinet, said covering being preferably on theexterior of the cabinet. A flexible hood or covering H may be attachedto the upper ends of the sections of the cabinet and provided with theusual aperture and closure to permit the head of the patient to be outof the cabinet during the treatment.

As indicated in Fig. 4t, the extremities of the loops a ZJ may be madesome distance from the top and bottom of the sections, and theextremities of the upper and lower members of the sections which are toengage the loops will be bent downwardly and upwardly, respectively, asindicated at fg, to bring the eyes c cl into proper engagement with theloops. This will admit of the fabric covering F being sewed entirelyalong the length of the upper and lower members of the sections withoutinterfering with the hingejoints.

In Fig. 5 instead of single loops a l) double loops 7o Z are formed inthe uprights of the sections, between which the eyes c d are secured,the upper and lower members of the sections being bent, as shown at opgat top, and as shown at m n r at bottom, so as to bring the eyes c dinto proper position to engage between the loops 7c Z. This constructionmakes a heavier cabinet-frame, brings the hinge-joints exactly in linewith the vertical members of the sections, and permits of possibly moresecure attachment of the fabric to the sections.

What I claim as new isd l l. The herein-described collapsible Vaporbathcabinet comprising a frame-section and a series of part frame sectionseach having top, bottom and one side member, the vertical members of thesections having loops near their upper and lower ends and the top andbottom members of the part-frame sections having their extremities bentinto eyes embracing the loops on the vertical members of the adjoiningsections, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The herein-described collapsible vaporbath cabinet comprising a frameA, and the part-frame sections A, B, B', C, C, D, D', E and E hinged toeach other substantially as described, sections E, E, forming the rearand sections D, D the front of the cabinet, and these pairs of front andrear sections being narrower than the others; with the dexible fabriccovering the outer broad faces of the sections, and the flexible hoodattached to the upper edges thereof, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as shown and described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 1n y own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. ZINKHANN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD DAMBACH, L. P. MARKEL.

